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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 SUGARS

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Plant Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
Acrocomia totai Fruit -- 48500.0 -0.7 *
Acrocomia totai Seed -- 12800.0 -1.1 *
Aegle marmelos Fruit -- 46000.0 -0.7 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Allium cepa Bulb -- -- -- Malkki, Y., Nikkila, O. E., Aalto, M. 1978. The Composition and Aroma of Onions and Influencing Factors. J. Sci. Agr. Soc. Finland, 50: 103-.
Allium sativum var. sativum Root 51800.0 140000.0 0.3 *
Althaea officinalis Root 11880.0 110000.0 0.1 *
Angelica sinensis Root 24200.0 110000.0 0.1 *
Annona cherimola Fruit -- 119000.0 -0.4 *
Apium graveolens Fruit 14700.0 70000.0 -0.6 *
Apium graveolens Seed 14700.0 70000.0 0.4 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
Arctium lappa Root 35250.0 150000.0 0.4 *
Avena sativa Plant 30000.0 93000.0 -0.2 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Avena sativa Seed 20000.0 50000.0 -0.1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Balanites aegyptiacus Fruit 380000.0 400000.0 0.8 *
Bupleurum chinense Root 6600.0 60000.0 -0.4 *
Capsella bursa-pastoris Plant -- 48000.0 -0.6 *
Capsicum annuum Fruit 18060.0 70000.0 -0.6 *
Carica papaya Fruit 24300.0 180000.0 -0.1 *
Carthamus tinctorius Flower 12600.0 90000.0 -1.6 *
Carum carvi Fruit -- 30000.0 -0.8 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.